Vulnerability CVE-1999-1263


Published: 2003-08-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment that specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts such as sun-audio-file.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Metamail corporation -> Metamail 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87773365324657&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1677

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